Windsor inmates present 14 demands at Windsor State Prison
Seventy five Windsor State Prison inmates refused to perform regular cell cleaning and stayed from their cells after presenting 14 demands to Warden Robert Smith. The list sought the resignation of Assistant Warden Julius Moeykens and amnesty for inmates who demonstrated. Correction Commissioner Kent Stoneman supported Moeykens and noted no disciplinary action, while officials said prosecution potential rests with Windsor County State's Attorney.
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Windsor
UPI
Windsor State Prison
Robert Smith
Julius Moeykens
Correction
Kent Stoneman
Moeykens
Stoneman
Windsor County
Frank Mahady
Vermont ruling allows private clubs to be biased
The attorney general says private clubs discriminating can still receive liquor licenses and avoid local property taxes, reversing earlier views. The Human Rights Commission finds no statute sanctions on private organizations and had argued government favors discrimination. Prison officials agreed to improve food service and living conditions after inmates protested, with a yard exercise and a later meeting to hear four inmates’ cases. no injuries reported. See WINDSOR Page 16, Col.5
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James M. Jeffords
Jeffords
Paul Hackel
Robert G. Smith
Michael Toomey
Smith
Windsor
Ginger Blasts North Carolina Coast As 90 MPH Hurricane
Hurricane Ginger crashed ashore along the North Carolina coast with 90 mph winds tearing down power lines and storefronts. Morehead City and New Bern reported power loss. Red Cross shelters opened for thousands. The 21 day old storm, centered off Cape Hatteras, threatened Cape Lookout and tied up offshore traffic with dangerous seas and shifting cargo on the 500-foot Caribbean Enterprise.
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N.C
UPI
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Red Cross
Beaufort
Civil Defense
Harry Williams
Ft. Macon
Marian Murphy
Dominican Republic
Murphy
Caribbean Enterprise
Commons Brothers Lines
Newcastle
England
New Bern
Atlantic Beach
Neuse River
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Wilmington
Virginia Beach
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Here
Cape Lookout
Oak Island
Long Beach
Yaupon Beach
Ginger
Fighting grows at Cambodia border amid clash near Saigon
U.S. and South Vietnamese helicopters airlift troops toward Cambodia frontier northwest of Saigon to stem a Communist drive as reports say a Communist division crossed into South Vietnam. Tallied fire from antiaircraft and mortars roars across border. Pace firebase shot down a helicopter with two crew aboard leaping without parachutes.
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Saigon
UPI
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
Pace
UPS
Kenneth J. Braddick
Braddick
Katum
Krek
Nguyen van Tinh
U.S. Command
Laos
al Skyraider
Quang
Highway 22
Tay Ninh
Arlington and Sandgate discuss closing district gap
Arlington and Sandgate school boards met to explore closer ties amid tax questions and state aid implications. Ed ward Ryan and Edward Fabian from the Department of Education attended with Catherine Corcoran, SVSU superintendent. No decision to change supervisory unions was made, but options include joining or forming a new district, or Sandgate advisory representation. Each board will study tax impacts before any move.
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Arlington
Sandgate
Arnold Wilcox
State Department of Education
Edward Ryan
Edward Fabian
Catherine Corcoran
SVSU
Corcoran
Arlington Board
Bennington- Rutland
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union
Vermonters stew over ecology economy tradeoffs
Internal notes preview Vermont editorial pages debating ecology versus economy, power shortages, and government aid. An October Governor’s Conference will reassess the issue while readers consider the impact on Vermonters. Columnist Tom Wicker notes Muskie’s credibility may endure despite pain.
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Northeast
Vermont Arts Council
Forest Service
Readsboro
Howard Cosell
Appeals court allows suit over Kent State student deaths
An Ohio appeals court, in a 2-1 decision, ruled Ohio can be sued for the deaths of four Kent State students killed by National Guard troops during campus protests May 4, 1970. The ruling orders Krause’s $2 million wrongful death suit back to Cuyahoga County for trial, overturning sovereign immunity.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ohio
Kent State University
National Guard
Arthur Krause
Pittsburgh
Allison Krause
Ohio District Appellate Court
Krause
Cuyahoga County
Jack G. Day
Alvin I. Krenzler
John Manos
U.S
James C. Connell
Ohio Supreme Court
James A. Rhodes
S. T. del Corso
Nixon fails to find woman for high court nomination
Nixon administration officials indicate the president will likely not nominate a woman to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancies. The search yielded two candidates, Judge Sylvia Bacon and Beatrice Rosenberg, but neither fits the strict constructionist standard or has sufficient trial experience.
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Nixon
High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
White House
Sylvia Bacon
Superior Court For
District of Columbia
Beatrice Rosenberg
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Miss Bacon
Miss Rosenberg
New York
National Women’s Political Caucus
Department
American Bar Association
Richard H. Poff
Bar Association
Committee On the Federal Judiciary
Law School
Representative Poff
E. Clinton Bamberger
Catholic University Law School
Rep. Poff
Giles for Congress ends brief revival in Vermont race
Brig. Gen. Edward H. Giles, longtime Vermont Veterans Home commandant, declined a Republican bid for the upcoming special primary on November 16. He preferred to continue military and veterans work, while endorsing one of five already-announced candidates led by Richard C. Thomas.
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Edward H. Giles
Vermont Veterans’ Home
Bennington
Congress
Giles
Brattleboro
A. Luke Crispe
Crispe
Gibson
U.S
Ernest W. Gibson
Republican Party
Richard C. Thomas
John T. Alden
Windsor County
Harley Walter Kidder
Burlington
Fred Westphal
Lamoille County
James M. Jeffords
Rutland
Thomas
Pope warns bishops against bending to pressure at world synod
Pope Paul VI, opening the third World Synod of Bishops in the Sistine Chapel, urged 210 cardinals and bishops to resist pressures to alter Catholic teaching including the 700 year old celibacy rule. Observers noted the indirect reference to celibacy amid debates on priests taking jobs or joining politics. Mindszenty publicly professed faith for the first time in 15 years as the synod began discussion on the priesthood and justice.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Synod of Bishops
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Europe
Jozsef Mindszenty
Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Synod Fathers
Synod
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